Rowingchat

Robin Dowell is mainly known as the coach of Swiss World Gold medal winning sculler, Jeannine Gmelin. He talks his journey as a coach from being a nearly-national team athlete from the British World Class Start programme through school, junior and international team coaching. Timestamps 02:00 My personal journey as a swimmer into rowing as a talent identified athlete. It’s the coach’s job to make you enjoy it and keep you coming back. I joined World Class Start thanks to Peter Shakespear. 0800 Understanding what it’s like being around world class people. They U23s needed a stroke side substitute for their seat racing and I got to go. That was my big break to step up which lead to the 8 for the European Championships. 12:00 Pulling together great coaching role models and experiences. Henley Royal Regatta is another higher level of performance. 17:00 I tried to win Henley another season in the 4+ including having an infected blister on my hand You may feel like a wet lettuce…. You’ve always got to bring y